A wooden fish really led to the most important clue. Zhan Zhao finally saw the real culprit who had been searching for many days.

However, Bai Yutang held down Zhan Zhao who was about to carry the giant sword to chop Wei Xin, "Mao'er, calm down."

After Zhan Zhao, his molars grinded loudly. He also knew why Bai Yutang asked him to calm down. He really needed to calm down because there was the most difficult problem at the moment - no evidence!

After all, Wei Xin was also an official of the imperial court and a bodyguard of the late emperor. How could he arrest someone without any evidence? It cannot be said that it was because he identified the murderer through "hallucination".

"This kid is very cautious. Most of the children who were abducted back then don't remember anything. Whenever they think of anything related to him, they end up unconscious and dying like Liu Su." Zhan Zhao was furious, "I really want to kill him directly.

Drop him!"

In fact, Fifth Master thought this proposal was quite good. It would save trouble, so he released his hand on Zhan Zhao’s arm and said, “Then kill him, chop him into pieces, and feed him to the dogs. No one will notice!”

Zhan Zhao glanced at Master Wu, "Whose dog is so unlucky that he wants to eat this thing?"

Bai Yutang made him laugh and asked, "Should we kill him or go back and continue the investigation?"

Zhan Zhao's anger subsided at this moment, "Shelve this proposal for now. If we really can't find it, then kill him. Go back to Kaifeng Mansion first!"

Zhan Zhao dragged Fifth Master back, muttering along the way as he compiled all the clues he had collected so far. He felt that no matter how awesome Wei Xin was, he couldn't do so many things on his own. He must have accomplices!

Fifth Master also agreed with Zhan Zhao’s view,

…

At the same time, inside the palace.

Nangong and Eunuch Chen looked for the purple dragon brocade cushion together, but they couldn't find it after rummaging through boxes and cabinets for a long time.

Eunuch Chen touched his chin - could it have been lost after so many years?

Nangong thought for a while and asked, "Will it be in the Buddhist hall where the Queen Mother chants Buddha's name?"

Eunuch Chen thought it was possible. Even if it wasn't possible, he might ask the Queen Mother and she might know.

The two went to see the Queen Mother, and as luck would have it, the Queen Mother was in the Buddhist hall.

Eunuch Liu came out and asked the two of them what was going on. The two simply said, and Eunuch Liu nodded, "It's true! That mat is in the Buddhist hall."

The two were overjoyed.

Eunuch Liu went into the Buddhist hall, took it out soon and handed it to the two of them.

Eunuch Chen and Nangong Ji took the mats and went back to the imperial study to find Zhao Zhen.

At this time, in addition to the emperor, the eight princes and the grand master were all in the study.

Nangong glanced at the door, and Zhao Zhen waved to him.

It seems that Zhao Zhen has already discussed this case with the Grand Master and the Eight Kings, and probably wants to ask them for their opinions.

Seeing Nangong coming in with a mat, Zhao Zhen smiled, "Did you really find it?"

Nangong reported that he found it in the Buddhist hall where the Queen Mother chanted sutras.

Zhao Zhen reached out to take it, pinched it, and shook it by his ear, but he didn't notice anything wrong.

The Eight Kings and the Grand Master also looked at it for a while. The Grand Master pinched it for a while and said, "There seems to be something inside."

Zhao Zhen asked Nangong to take apart the mat and take a look.

Nangong carefully opened the sutures, fumbled for a while, and pulled out a letter from the cotton wool.

Zhao Zhen took the letter and saw the late emperor's signature on the envelope. He opened the envelope and found two thin pages of letter paper inside.

After Zhao Zhen read it carefully, he sighed.

The Grand Master and the Eighth Prince looked at each other and looked at Zhao Zhen curiously.

Zhao Zhen handed them two pieces of letter paper and motioned for them to take a look.

The two adults gathered together to read the letter. The content of the letter was very simple. The late emperor had already noticed something wrong with Wei Xin in his early years. After some investigation, he found out that he was related to the Five Sons Cult.

After the explanation, the late emperor listed several names on the first piece of paper. These people were all officials who had close contacts with Wei Xin in private. They also came to Kaifeng at about the same time as Wei Xin. They might be like him.

, all taught by Wuzi.

The Eighth Prince pointed at some of the names and looked at the Grand Master.

The Grand Master held the tea cup and nodded - they are all old ministers.

On the second page of the letter, the late emperor also expressed his love for Wei Xin, saying that Wei Xin had helped him a lot back then, and if anything went wrong in the future, he would still like to let him go.

The eight kings returned the letter to the emperor.

Zhao Zhen shook his head with a smile, reached out, took out the first piece of letter paper, and handed it to Nangong Ji, "Take it to Kaifeng Mansion and give it to Zhan Zhao."

Nangong took the piece of letter paper and saw Zhao Zhen picking up the second piece of letter paper and handing it to Eunuch Chen who was holding a silver stick to pick out the oil wick.

Eunuch Chen took the letter without reading it, lit it on the oil lamp, and put it in a silver bowl aside.

Seeing the letter being burned to ashes, the Eighth Prince smiled slightly, and the Grand Master nodded to Zhao Zhen, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

Zhao Zhen smiled faintly and said, "The late emperor was wise."

Everyone smiled knowingly, and Nangong Ji took the letter and left the study.

As he walked out of the palace carrying the letter, Nangong thought repeatedly in his mind, what would have been the result if Eunuch Chen mentioned the mat when Zhan Zhao and the others were there, and the letter was found at that time?

Will the emperor burn the second piece of paper? This kind of unscrupulous crime cannot be tolerated by the Five Sons Sect.

But the late emperor had a decree. Should he burn it or not burn it in front of outsiders? This is quite subtle. If not, the people in Kaifeng Mansion would definitely have opinions, but after all, the emperor is the most powerful person in the world and cannot say that.

Are you afraid that your ministers will have objections and even disobey the late emperor's will? Even if it is burned, it is not a glorious thing for the late emperor to protect a villain like Wei Xin... In short, as long as someone sees the second letter, the emperor will

Very passive.

But this is just right now. Both the Eighth Prince and Grand Master Pang are relatives of the emperor, and they will not talk about it to anyone else. It is even less possible for him and Eunuch Chen to say it. All the world knows is the few suspicions left by the late emperor.

The person's name... just as the emperor said, isn't it the former emperor's sage?

Nangong sighed again - although he had been with the emperor since he was a child, he felt that he was just a simple guard. When it came to being an official, it was really far away. Maybe there were some things that could not be learned by studying.

Nangong walked to the gate of Kaifeng Mansion and met Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang who had returned from visiting the Privy Council.

After meeting each other, Nangong handed the letter to Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao took it and took a look, surprised, "This is..."

"The purple mat was found in the Buddhist hall where the Queen Mother was chanting. There was a letter from the late Emperor hidden inside. The Emperor asked me to bring it to you."

Zhan Zhao thanked Nangong and said that they had seen it and that Wei Xin was the real murderer.

Nangong nodded, said he would go back and report back to the emperor, and then left.

Zhan Zhao took the letter and walked in with Bai Yutang. The two of them were a little surprised. The former emperor felt that it was more reliable than expected, at least it was quite detailed.

Entering Kaifeng Mansion, there were many people in the courtyard.

Mr. Bao is sitting in the courtyard, receiving three elderly people in person. Two old ladies and one old man seem to be very excited at the moment. The old man is pointing at a portrait on the table and crying to Mr. Bao.

The old lady sat aside and wiped her tears.

Zhan Zhao walked in and asked Lin Yehuo, who was leaning on the porch, "Who were the survivors?"

Lin Yehuo nodded and pointed to the old lady sitting on the left of Mr. Bao, "That old lady is the original survivor of Yangliu Village. She crawled out of the dry well. She knew Liu Su and Liu Su's parents.

.The other two were survivors from other villages. They were also treated as dead and thrown into dry wells or mass graves, and they finally crawled out."

Zhan Zhao walked over, and Fifth Master stood by the pillar on the other side of the porch, watching the situation in the yard with Lin Yehuo.

Zhan Zhao handed the list to Master Bao smoothly.

Master Bao's face turned dark after reading it. Zhao Pu came over curiously to take a look. Naturally, he recognized his own father's handwriting. He took it over and read it. The Ninth Prince even flipped through it and asked Zhan Zhao, "Just one?"

Zhan Zhao nodded.

Zhao Pu curled his lips and didn't say much, but he always felt that this was not his style of painting, and it was usually not so reliable.

The Longtu Pavilion contains a list of all officials, all with portraits. With the names, it is easy to find them. Master Bao asked several masters to find all the portraits and let some elderly people identify them.

The portrait on the table was none other than Wei Xin, and several elderly people recognized him, saying that he was the mastermind at that time, the eldest brother who took the lead in massacring the village.

Master Bao asked Zhan Zhao if he had seen Wei Xin, and Zhan Zhao said he had, and it was him.

Not long after, the masters found all the portraits and showed them to several elderly people.

Several old people burst into tears and said that these people participated in the massacre of the village.

Mr. Bao nodded and comforted several elderly people, saying that he would punish the villagers who were killed by the Five Sons who taught all the murderers justice.

Zhan Zhao saw that the emotions of several elderly people had calmed down a bit, so he asked everyone, "Did any children hide in the cabinet at that time?"

Several elderly people nodded and said that at that time many adults in the village hid their children in cabinets and ran out to fight the murderers of the Five Sons Cult, but unfortunately they could not fight at all.

Lin Yehuo asked Bai Yutang in a low voice, "Apart from these three old people, there are no other witnesses or physical evidence, right?"

Fifth Master nodded, "That tauren doesn't know how to calculate."

Lin Yehuo also nodded, "He hasn't been seen since the Wu Family Villa caused trouble."

While the two were chatting, they felt someone poke their shoulders.

The two of them turned around at the same time, only to see a copper bull's head appearing in front of them.
To be continued...